Just a quick question to all the experts on here about mite infested plants: what kind of impact do mites have on overall growth? It was just brought up on another blog ( cloud forest gardener ) and a member was saying that there wasn't much or if any impact on the infested bamboos growth. I beg to disagree but before I muster up a reply I'm in need of some definite education first What are some people's experiences etc?

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Is this new-to-Italy S. nanjingensis winter-hardy? I assume most insects can withstand at least some freezing but is it likely to survive a long cold winter? As I recall from the EBS it is not in Northern Europe yet and restricted to parts of Italy and a bit north of there. Of course Italy must export large numbers of bamboos to all parts of Europe so a threat could be looming.

Kailey - I saw the first mite-infested bamboos was at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver, BC. The damage on the Phyllostachys was hideous; one would give up growing bamboos if they looked like that. A friend moved from Halifax to Surrey, BC just about the time Fargesia murieliae first flowered here and set seed (1999 maybe). According to him the plants he took with him were fine until just a couple of years ago and then this: see picture. I suspect there was a growing infestation that passed under his radar. As foxd & Rai say there is no way that murieliae can function normally with this sort of damage. I told my friend he must walk through a car wash before visiting next time.

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